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[ABC] The Kindergarten ABC
Boston: DeWolfe Fiske, ca. 1890's. Quarto. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. [16]pp. Some corner and extremity wear, stapled leaves loose from binding else a Good copy of this beautiful Victorian alphabet. Illustrated with eight lovely full-page chromolithographs and smaller line drawings. Images include a little girl with her dollie, a lovely fairy, a nurse with a baby and a small boy riding a rockinghorse. Scarce. [SOLD]

[ABC] The Gumby Book of Letters
Hyman, Jane. Garden City: Doubleday (1986). Stated First Edition.
8.5"x8.25" Pictorial boards. Small smudge to margin of one page else Very Good in like dustjacket. Full-color photos from television episodes illustrate this alphabet story as Gumby and Pokey take a journey through space. [SOLD]

Tak-Tak the Dachshund
d'Assailly, Gisele and Falconnet, Paulette. NY: George Braziller (1963). First American Edition. 8.75"x11.25" White decorated boards darkened at lower edge else Very Good in Good+ dustjacket, frayed, light water stain. Translated from the French by Helen Weaver. Photographs by Colyann. 36pp. Tak-Tak and his friend, Piloucha the kitten, have adventures in the attic of an old castle while the family is away. Though the two have their differences, the final image shows them curled up together fast asleep. And of course the month-old puppy and kitten are irresistibly charming! [SOLD]

[Baby Book] My Baby's Biography
London & NY: Nister & Dutton, ca 1890's. 7"x8" Pink padded decorated cloth, all edges gilt, white moire silk endpapers. Small rough spot ffep, cloth slightly faded else Very Good+ Unused. (48)pp. Ten beautiful full-page chromolithographs, seven of which are portraits of babies and three of childhood scenes, and with many line drawings throughout the pages, the whole printed on heavy stock. Depicted are fairies and flowers, babies, children, dolls and toys. Baby's First Ride is illustrated with mother and child in an open touring car. Included are poems about babies and blank areas to record events and place photos of baby's new life. A lovely Victorian baby book. $200.00

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: The Iroquois Story of CreationBierhorst, John, retold by. Illustrated by Parker, Robert Andrew.
NY: Morrow (1993). 8.75"x11.25" Cloth-backed boards. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. (32)pp. Illustrated with powerful, glowing images from Parker's watercolor paintings. We are all children of the woman who fell from the sky. $40.00

That's How It Is When We DrawBornstein, Ruth Lercher.
New York: Clarion (1997). First Printing. Oblong octavo. Glazed pictorial boards. Upper corners lightly bumped else Near Fine in like dustjacket. 32pp with the author's color illustrations. A wonderful book about a budding young artist. Large gift inscription to upper paste-down. Inscribed and signed on the ffep by Bornstein and with her drawing of a smiling person waving from within a flower and a heart. $25.00

The Little CowboyBrown, Margaret Wise. Illustrated by Slobodkina, Esphyr.
New York: William R. Scott, 1948. First or very early printing of this title in Brown's Big-Little Series. 8.25"x10" Pictorial boards. Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket, frayed, the NY Herald Tribune's Children's Spring Book Festival Honor Book seal affixed. (36)pp. Big, bold, exciting color illustrations throughout by Esphyr Slobodkina. The typeface is cleverly utilized to emphasize that one of these range-ridin' cowboys is BIG and one is little. But everything the big cowboy does, the little cowboy does too. "ONE HAD LARGE BOOTS...one had little boots...ONE HAD A BIG LASSO...one had a little lasso...and they both had BIG HATS." Lots of fun! Bader p. 216. Scarce. $400.00

A Hug of Teddy BearsBull, Peter. NY: Dutton (1984). First Printing. 8vo Brown boards. Fine in Very Good dustjacket, lightly frayed. 94pp with many color and black & white illustrations. An album of teddy bears from all over the world and a wealth of information about real and fictional bears, their histories and their owners. Not all of these bears are famous but among the well-known bears discussed are the Roosevelt Bears, Rupert Bear, Smokey Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh and Paddington. [SOLD]

The Cat Who Liked to PretendChalmers, Mary. New York: Harper & Brothers (1959). 5.5"x6.25" Cloth-backed pictorial boards. Minor finger soil to half-title else Very Good. Very Good dustjacket lightly soiled with small closed tear at spine. Probable First Edition. 32pp with Chalmer's delightful drawings colored in shades of pink and green. Sam is a little cat who loves to pretend. When searching for his mother's lost kerchief, he finds a small natural stage in the woods and puts on his own play, acting all the parts! Scarce title. [SOLD]

Come For A Walk With MeChalmers, Mary. New York: Harper & Brothers (1955). First Edition. 6.25"x5.75" Pink cloth. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, spine darkened, lightly frayed. (32)pp. Chalmers, in her first book for children, tells a gentle story of Susan and her friend Will Rabbit and their meandering walk to Mrs. Horseyfeather's house to borrow a cup of molasses. The author's charming illustrations are in delicate, spring-like colors. Scarce. See Bader, p487. $200.00

Ramona and Her FatherCleary, Beverly. New York: Morrow, 1977. First Edition. 8vo Red boards. 190pp illustrated with line drawings by Alan Tiegreen. Ramona's dad loses his job and she decides to take an active hand in the problems that develop. A wise and funny book which was awarded a Newbery Honor. Inscribed and signed by Beverly Cleary to the half-title. Fine. Dustjacket a little frayed and edge worn, verso showing light staining to edges (book is unaffected). [SOLD]

The Tiny Little HouseClymer, Eleanor. Illustrations by Fetz, Ingrid. New York: Atheneum, 1964. 24mo Beige cloth. Minor soil to upper cover else Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. 56pp. A charming story somewhat reminiscent of both Virginia Lee Burton's The Little House and Rachel Field's The Yellow Shop and every bit as delightful as both of those. Two little girls fall in love with a small, abandoned house and help an older lady turn it into a home and a cookie shop. [SOLD]

The Anne of Green Gables TreasuryCollins, Carolyn Strom and Ericksson, Christina Wyss New York: Viking (1991). 8''x10.25'' Boards. Fine in Fine dustjacket. 144pp. Each page is decoratively bordered with a design adapted from period wallpapers and there are more than 150 full-color reproductions of original paintings and sketches. Included is a short biography of Lucy Maude Montgomery and synopses of all the Anne books as well as recipes for an Anne tea party, handicrafts from the Anne books, and a great deal more. [SOLD]

Ride on the WindDalgliesh, Alice. Illustrations by Schreiber, Georges. New York: Atheneum, 1964. First Edition. 8"x10" Pictorial cloth. [32]pp. Dalgliesh retold "The Spirit of St. Louis" for picture book format, a feat which Lindburgh proclaimed "extraordinarily well done." Schreiber's accompanying full color and two-color illustrations are marvelous, particularly the double-page spreads of the plane flying through a moonlit sky and Lindburgh's much feted night landing at the airdrome of Le Bourget. Near Fine in frayed dustjacket with small chip to spine head. $25.00

The Dutch Cheesede la Mare, Walter. Illustrations by Lathrop, Dorothy. New York: Knopf, 1931. First Edition. Slightest fading to spine and edges else Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket, lightly frayed and dusted. 8vo Green cloth gilt. 75pp. With four beautiful color plates, six full-page black & white illustrations and several three-quarter-page black & white images. Dorothy Lathrop excelled in her drawings of fairies and animals and here we have both. Includes de la Mare's fairy tales "The Dutch Cheese" and "The Lovely Myfanwy", stories which first appeared in Broomsticks. A lovely book. [SOLD]

The Little Green CarEmerson, Caroline. Illustrations by Galdone, Paul. New York: Grosset & Dunlap (1946). 8"x9" Pictorial boards. [95]pp with terrific color and black & white lithos by Paul Galdone. A little green car from the country visits the big city and has a "smashing" time! But don't worry - there's a great 1940's happy ending. A nice copy of this rather scarce Story Parade Picture Book, a production of the Artists and Writers Guild. Near Fine in dustjacket with a few tiny chips. $65.00

Gone-Away LakeEnright, Elizabeth. Illustrations by Krush, Beth and Joe. New York: Harcourt, Brace (1957). Stated First Edition. 8vo Green cloth. 192pp with illustrations from line drawings by Beth and Joe Krush. A wonderful story of summer, exploration and adventure by a very gifted writer. Gone-Away Lake was awarded a 1958 Newbery Honor and is a classic of 20th century children's literature. Name blacked out ffep, a little spotting to spine else Very Good. Dustjacket torn, lightly soiled, chipped at spine ends and corners. New York Children's Spring Book Festival Prize Book sticker affixed to upper panel. $200.00

The Old Nurse's Stocking BasketFarjeon, Eleanor. Illustrations by Gough, Philip. London: University of London Press (1949). First Edition thus. 8vo Blue boards. Very Good. Dustjacket chipped at spine ends. 115pp. Color frontis and black & white line drawings by Philip Gough. As their Old Nurse sits mending the children's socks, she tells these twelve magical tales to her young charges - stories of other children she nursed in years gone by. [SOLD]

The Whipping BoyFleischman, Sid. Illustrations by Sis, Peter. New York: Greenwillow Books (1986). First Printing. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, small tear to upper flap. 88pp. Illustrated with full page and smaller black & white drawings by Peter Sis. Prince Brat needs a whipping boy and the young hero of this comic adventure is it. The 1987 Newbery Medal winner.
$225.00

The Katy Kruse Play BookFyleman, Rose. Illustrations by Kruse, Katy. Philadelphia: McKay (1930).
Small 4to. Cloth with large pictorial onlay. Tidy inscription dated 1930 to ffep else Near Fine. Dustjacket torn, spine heel lightly chipped. Jeremy, Jack and Joyce's uncle wants them to learn to be strong, brave and adventurous so they set out to do just that. Twelve delightful photographic color plates show the Kathe Kruse dolls playing tennis, doing their exercises, skiing, boating, riding in their little car and on their motorcycle, etc. A charming book. $325.00

Chubby's First YearGag, Flavia. New York: Holt, 1960. First Edition. 6.25"x4.75" Yellow cloth. Very Good+ Dustjacket with little chips to spine ends, a small piece of clear tape to spine head. (32)pp. Flavia Gag's first colored picture book for small children is a visual delight as we follow Chubby kitten through each month of his first year. Illustrated with lovely color lithos in shades of pink, yellow, blue and green, hand-lettered text. Quite scarce. [SOLD]